1. Heroes of Out Time
2. The Fire Still Burns
3. Reasons to Live
4. Heartbreak Armageddon
5. The Last Journey Home
6. A Flame for Freedom
7. Inside the Winter Storm
8. The Warrior Inside
9. Strike of the Ninja
10. Scars of Yesterday
The last album became a huge success for the band, and they toured all over the world. Their music style was very refined, and I was wondering what kind of move they were going to make next. When I heard the lead single, track 1, it seemed like they kept their musical style. It was not surprise. I thought the album would be kind of redundant of their past records. However, I must admit that I was far wrong. The album had variety of songs.
Track 1 is a typical DragonForce song. It has all of the band's essence. It has speed, blast beat, twin guitars, fast solos, catchy chorus, and dramatic song progression. Track 2 is another cool song. The first surprise for me was track 3. First, I thought it was another typical DragonForce song. Nevertheless, the middle part of the song was very different from the past. They always had long instrumental parts, but this one was way different. It has a lot of rhythm change and complicated progression. It is almost sounded like progressive metal. The second surprised was track 5. It is an up-tempo tune, yet this song was very slow for the band lol Of course, this song has fast parts. Their song always has been long, but this one is almost progressive. It is very dramatic, and I think this song is the highlight of the album. The last one is track 9. This song also became one of my favorites. It has catchy twin lead guitars and chorus. This song is very fast for other bands yet pretty slow for this band lol However, this is another great song.
The variety in rhythm and tempo created good undulation in the album, and the band found new ability in their music. They are still enthusiastic to challenge themselves musically. This album does not have as big impact as the last album but has better total quality.
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